解剖|かいぼうkaibou[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdissection; autopsy; postmortem examination
    The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbanalysis; postmortem
Conjugation
Dictionary form解剖する(かいぼうする)
Polite (masu)解剖します(かいぼうします)
Negative (nai)解剖しない(かいぼうしない)
polite (masen)解剖しません(かいぼうしません)
classical zu / nu解剖せず・解剖せぬ(かいぼうせず・かいぼうせぬ)
Past (ta)解剖した(かいぼうした)
polite (mashita)解剖しました(かいぼうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)解剖しなかった(かいぼうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)解剖しませんでした(かいぼうしませんでした)
Te form解剖して(かいぼうして)
Potential解剖できる(かいぼうできる)
Passive解剖される(かいぼうされる)
Causative解剖させる(かいぼうさせる)
Causative passive解剖させられる(かいぼうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)解剖すれば(かいぼうすれば)
tara解剖したら(かいぼうしたら)
Volitional解剖しよう(かいぼうしよう)
polite (mashou)解剖しましょう(かいぼうしましょう)
Imperative解剖しろ(かいぼうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym解析かいせきWrittenA written/formal term for data or grammar analysis, leaning toward math and computing. 「解剖」 literally means dissecting a body, but figuratively it means deep analysis.
  • Synonym分析ぶんせきNeutralThe neutral, all-purpose word for analysis. 「解剖」 stresses breaking something down as finely as a dissection, and also refers to autopsies.

Use 「解剖」 for dissecting a body, autopsies, or figurative in-depth probing, as in 「司法解剖」. For general analysis say 「分析」; for data analysis say 「解析」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 死しんだ生物せいぶつの体からだを切り開きりひらき、病原びょうげん・死因しいん・構造こうぞうを調しらべること。
  2. 物事ものごとを細こまかく分析ぶんせきして調しらべること。
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